Type of Friedberg 507-518, 586 (W-2855-2867, 2878). 1882 $50 Brown Back and Value Back National Bank Note. PCGS Currency Very Choice New 64. Face Essay Proof.Hessler-Unlisted. No plate letter. Printed on India paper, mounted on wide margin paper. Imprint of American Bank Note Co. N.Y. bottom margin, upper left "Printed by the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, Treasury Dept. N.Y." Black and white portions of the face only. Top center, titles and obligation with "Deposited with the U.S. Treasurer at Washington," a feature omitted in the Date Back series due to the Aldrich-Vreeland Act. No titles in the center. Six spaces for charter numbers around the borders. Left end, Washington crossing the Delaware River. Right end, allegory of Victory. Without engraved signatures. Zero numbers perforated twice. A fascinating essay and the only we have seen. The original face plate imprint is from the Original Series notes, lacking the signatures. However, removed from the plate later at the B.E.P. are border shading details for spaces to insert charter numbers as used on Brown Backs, Date Backs, and Value Backs. In private hands, perhaps a unique example. Some minor wrinkling across right center.From Stacks Americana Sale, September 30-October 2, 2010, lot 1110.
